Let’s dig in and make some caramel corn. It’ll need time to cool…which will give you time to whip up a cozy or two!

Caramel Corn Recipe

This caramel corn is very versatile. Make a rich chocolate drizzled caramel corn (more like moose munch) by following the recipe below. Make an extra thick and rich caramel corn (more like Cracker Jacks) by doubling the sauce and omitting the chocolate. If you love peanut butter, add ½ cup of peanut butter with the corn syrup (step 4).

We asked friends and family to tell us which version of the caramel corn they liked the best (chocolate vs. extra thick and rich caramel). It was a tie! Since there is no clear favorite, you should make the one that you’d prefer.

INGREDIENTS & SUPPLIES:

12 cups popped white popcorn (½ cup unpopped)

1 cup dry roasted peanuts

1 cup light brown sugar

¼ cup light corn syrup

¾ teaspoon salt

½ cup butter

¼ teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (4 oz) dark chocolate bar (Ghirardelli 60% Cacao)

1 (4 oz) white chocolate bar (Ghirardelli White)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 225°. Lightly grease a 9×13 pan. Set aside.

Lightly grease a large soup pot (stock pot).

Pop popcorn (we used an air popper), remove any unpopped kernels. Pour popcorn then peanuts into soup pot.

Melt brown sugar, corn syrup, butter and salt in sauce pan on medium heat stirring regularly bringing it to a boil. Boil and stir constantly until temperature reaches 250° to 260° (approximately 5 minutes). Caramel will be bubbly and a bit stretchy.

I’ve been told that by adding a bit of molassas to the sauce (step 4) this caramel corn will taste like Cracker Jacks!

Crochet Baseball Cozy

We created this fun cozy and caramel combo in honor of the baseball team the Oakland A’s…AKA: the Mustache Gang. In 1972, right fielder Reggie Jackson refused to shave off his mustache which prompted the team owner Charles Finley to pay all the players to grow a mustache. And on June 18th, anyone wearing a mustache got into the game free. So…when you head to your next baseball game, wear a ‘stache and bring some caramel corn!

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